Hreinn Pálsson

6 June 1901 Ólafsfjörður – 28 December 1976 Reykjavík

Icelandic singer of the 1920s and 1930s, grown up on the tiny island of Hrísey. He was an amateur, and famous for his rendition of traditional Icelandic music. Certainly a pity that he didn't become a professional opera singer. Instead, he worked in oil trading.

Reference 1; reference 2: Heimilisblaðið Vikan, 14 June 1951; reference 3: Morgunblaðið, 29 December 1976
Picture source

Hreinn Pálsson sings

Kolbrún

Discography

Columbia, 1930
WI9		Myndin af henni (Schubert) 					DI1014
WI11		Leidsla (Kaldalóns) 							DI1014
WI60		Þú sæla heimsins svalalind (Jónsson-Bay) 		DI1020
WI88 (?) 	Ídag er glatt í döprum hjörtum (Mozart) 		DI1020

Columbia, 1931
CI88 (?)	Kolbrún (Hafstein)								DI1043
CI91		Módurást (Hallgrímsson)						DI1040
CI97		Taktu sorg mína (Gudmundsson-Þorsteinsson) DI1043
CI101		Ástin mín ein (Lehár)							DI1041
CI107		Söngur Ferdamannsins (Schumann)			DI1041
CI108		Sólu særinn skýlir (Þorsteinsson-Helgason)	DI1040

Source for the discography: the great but now defunct website www.78opera.com.